Container



D'. ANGUS Jan. 5, 1943.

CONTAINER 2 Sheets-Sheet '1 Filed Oct. 1, 1938 llll|ll|ll INVENTYOR 04 W0 /Q. 14A/606 ATTORNEYS Jan. 5, ANGUS I 7 2,307,559

CONTAINER Filed Oct. 1, 1958 2 Sheets-SheetZ INVENTOR 94 W E A/vazxs ATTORNEY STATES PATENT OFFiCIE CONT- David in. hum, New York, N. .Y. Application ooi'osoi- 1, less, Serial No. 232,759 4 Claims. (Cl. 22%) Thisinventionrelatestopeckages', and particubag-filling machinery, the illustrative embodilarly to packages for holding materials of such a ment of the invention showing a bag of the nature as to require especial protection in han- "Bates valve type with the filling nozzle of the dling and shipment. filling machine inserted in the "Bates valve";

In the packaging of materials which come in Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure powdered form and which are easily damaged by moisture, such, for example, as Portland cement, Figure 3 shows the combined bag and box in it is important not only that the bag in which the the collapsed condition in which it is shipped;

7 material is packed be tight, but, if the bag is to Figure 4 is a detail section on the line 4-4 of be exposed to dampness or 11 it is to be subjected Figure 3 showing one manner of connecting the to rough handling, it frequently becomes necestopof the "Bates valve bag to the box cover; sary to protect the bag itself against injury. Figure 5 is a perspective view, partly in section, is, of course, also true in the packaging of showing the combined bag and box package of many materials which come in other than pow- Figure 1 filled and partly closed;

- Figure 6 is a section similar to Figure 2 but In preparing Portland cement for export it has showing the box as having both its top and boten the very-recent practice to enclose the cetom ends open while thebag is being filled in ment first in a paper bag, such, for example, its order to permit cementing the filled bag to the the ordinary (Bates valve bag, and then to eno bot om to fa ilitat mp n close the filled bag of cement in a cardboard box. Figure 7 is a perspe t ve Vi w O h pp r n practice has increased the cost of packaging of a combined b d in P n in h the cement very materially for two reasons: filling machine, the bag shown in Figure 7 being rs i as req ired a separate handling of the of the type used for gelatin and similar matecement to insert the filled bag in the box and rials: and I to seal the box and, secondly, by reason of the 5 Figure 8 illustratesthe manner of sealing the difiiculty of getting the filled bag into the'box, a, bag of Figure 7 after filling, the bag being partly box considerably larger than would otherwise be in section. necessary, were the cement putdirectly in the As shown in Figures 1 to 6 inclusive, the invenbox, has been required. I tion is embodied ina combined bagand box in once has been encountered in atwhich the bag is of the "Bates valve" type'and peri tempts to provide nested containers for other the box is or the collapsible type ill s P als materi One of the objects of the present invention is th m n P k in hep fl m tomprovide "a combined bag and box package illustratedin Figure 3.

Another important object oi the invention is so valve hereinafter described, by stitching l0 exto provide a mbined bag and box container tending through both the bag endsand the rehaving the bag and the box so connected that the inforcing strips 8 and 8. One corner or the bag box will maintain the receiving end of the bag is provided with the self-closing bag-filling valve in convenient position and condition for filling I! known for many years to the trade as the i I the bag, particularly when using automatic bag- Bates valve and which is of well-known con- 7 ery. The'invention aims also to. struction. connect the bag and box as to facilitate theseal- This is a type or bag that'hu been used for in: or the bag and the final closing'oi the com- 'many years in the cement industry for bagging bined contain Portland cement, which is' blown into the bag Other objects and important features-bi ths so hrough a, nozzle ll on afllling machine, this invention will appear from the following descripnozzle fitting into the Bates valve" l2 and being tlonand claims when considered in connection of sumcient length so that the nozzle to som with the accom anying drawings, in which extent supports the bag il i s being fi 1 is a perspective view of a combined According to the present invention a bag ofv bag and box package orcontainer in positlonin 68 th ype Just described'is so attached to the maintain the bag in convenient filling be used with automatic bag-filling machinery. discovered that, if

' frequently in damage inFigureLbe the bottom of the ba as shown in Figure 6. If, however,

- be obvious FigflIeslandiltothe 2 in which the bag is to be enclosed when filled that the bag can conveniently be filled in position in the box and that the box cover will serve to position,

particularly when it is to I have v a bag 2 of the type just described has its top end attached to one of the flaps l6, which serve to close the top end of a collapsible box of the type which comprises two side members is and 20 and two end members 22 and 24 made from a single sheet scored to permit bending, having its side edges fastened together to form the fourth box corner cover .fiam i6 and. 28 and end'cover flaps 28 and 30 and side bottom flaps 82 and 38 and end bottom flaps 3B and 38, the top end of the bag being so attached to the end flap is that when the flap is in open position, as shown in Figure 1, the valve 12 will be in convenient position to receive the nozzle Hi of the filling machine, I will obtain a combined bag and box package in which, when the bag has been filled to the usual extent and the nozzle iii withdrawn, the top flaps of the package can be folded into closed position, as partially shown in Figure 5, and the box sealed with a minimum of waste space between the box and the enclosed other words, a box closely fitting the bag can be utilized with the bag, thus preventing the shucking motion experienced with the boxes now used with bags-of this type, which results in a tendency to pump air into and out of the box and also into and out of the bag, and also results to both the box and the bag.

The top of the bag 2 may be attached cover fiap It in any suitable manner, as, for example, by cementing, sewing or stapling, one of the most convenient methods of securing the top of the bag 2 to the cover flap It being by means of staples l driven through the reinforced top end of the bag and through the cover flap i8 and clenched on the cover flap. As shown, these staples may, if desired, be driven at a slight inclination to the line of stitching l0 so that the legs of the staples straddle the stitching l0, thus making a very secure attachment of the bag top to the cover flap It. The position, in respect to the width of the cover flap ii, of the line of depend somewhat upon the position of the line of stitches III with respect to the valve I2, it being important that the valve flap is in the position shown above the top edge of the box proper, so that it will be in position for convenient insertion of the nozzle ll.

As shown in Figure 2, in a box or thetype illustrated in Figures l to 6 inclusive, which has sides of considerably greater width than its ends, when the cover flap i6 position shown in Figures 1 and 2, will be substantially on a line with the bottom of the closed box or with the score lines determining the bottom flaps of the open bottom box the box be is in the open made more nearly square in cross-section,

that in such a case the bottom edge of the bag will extend somewhat below the scoring for the bottom fiaps of the box when the bag is in the-position shown in 1 and 2. in which case'it may, if desired, be attached to one of the bottom fiaps prior to filling.-

If it be desired to attach the bag shown in bottom to the.

and cut back at the ends to form side filled bag. In.

' pletely open and is attached to the cover opening 46 so that a it will be incidental to providing vent any terial when pouring maybe accomplished, iilling the bag with the as well as the top and open and then providing the fiap, which contacts with the bottom when the box is closed after the bag is filled, with cement which will cause it to Attachment of other portions the bags to the boxes in the bags and boxes for not so desirable as with some other materials, since the Portland cement packages, when used, are most often opened by cutting through the middle thereof, as with an ax.

As hereinabove pointed out, however, the invention is equally applicable to combined bags and boxes used in packaging other materials, such as gelatin, granulated sugar, pop-corn, molding plaster, etc., in which other types of bags than the Bates valve bag are u Figures '7 and 8 show the invention applied to a combined bag and box in which a bag 2 of transparent material, such as Cellophane, is employed.

In the form of the invention shownin Figures 7 and 8, the bag 42, which, as above suggested, may be of Cellophane, of the heat-sealing type, for example, has its filling end normally comfiap it" shown in Figure 7, that top is attached to the from the upper end,

as shown in Figured, by

than the topsof case of combined of the box in the manner is, one side of the open flap IS in any suitable manner, w by cementing it thereto. For convenience in pouring, the side of the bag is also preferably attached to the side wall 34 of the box in a similar manner by cementing it thereto and this attachment may a window 44 in the box, through which and the transparent side of the'bagthe contents of the package can beviewed. In such case be cemented to the box aroimd the window opening.

Packages of this sort are with pouring openings 48. For convenience in opening the package, that is, for breaking through the bag, the has my be weakened by scores 48,, some the four sides of sometimes provided tear may readily be started forprovidins an opening in the bag coinciding with the opening ll.

As shown in Figure 8, when the bag and box shown in Rlgure '1 have been filled, the two sides of the'top end of the bag can be brought together and heat-sealed as, for example, between rolls II and 2, between which the top of the bag and the box flap it are passed, the roll I! being heated in any suitable manner as, for example, by a flame N.

In the forms of the invention shown in Fig, ures 1, 2 and 8, the bottom of the box is closed before .the box comes into bag-filling position between the combinedguides and supports it and I! of the bag-filling machine. In Figure 6 the bottom of the box hereinabove pointed out.

From the foregoing description the construc- Among the advantages which use oi this container offers, as compared with the use or separate containers, are the following:

The customer receives one complete package ready for use instead of the two pieces, box and bag, which he has heretofore used, and since the bag is filled-in position in the box the labor bottom end of the box use with Portland cement is of which will lie within the tendency of the bag to follow the maadhere to the bottom.

the side or the bag will preferably is shown as open, as

of placing the filled bag in the boxis avoided.

prevent the hinged to a top edge thereof, a bag of a capacity air into and out of the "box and.

the bag may extend into the fllled. 7

DAVID R; ANGUS. 

